Nuclear development company in direct state ownership

Decision-making mechanisms for the preparation of further contracts related to the enlargement of the Paks atomic power station must be shortened, and it is, therefore, imperative that MVM Paks II Zrt. (the company set up for the preparation of the construction of the new power station blocks) come under direct state control, Attila Aszódi, government commissioner for the maintenance of the performance of the Paks Atomic Power Station pointed out on Wednesday in Budapest.

The government commisisoner reiterated that in January 2014, the Hungarian government signed an inter-state agreement with Russia, as part of which preparations have begun for the construction of two new atomic power station blocks. MVM Paks II. Atomerõmû Fejlesztõ Zrt. (the development company) is delegated under the supervision of the Prime Minister’s Office in the interest of shortening the timeframe necessary for the adoption of the proprietary decisions that are relevant to the preparation of the further implementation agreements, the government commissioner said, and stressed, the preparation of three implementation agreements is already under way.

Opposition parties denounced the government’s deal with Russia that was signed without a tender that could have saved a significant amount of money for Hungarian taxpayers and they charge that the whole deal – that is suspected to have been signed and then approved by Hungarian parliament without thorough feasibility studies – is not in the interest of the Hungarian people but that of the government of Viktor Orbán.